My mother is the stereotypical super feminine (girly-girl) type. The only sports she likes watching is when our country (known players) is playing in the World Cup. Her interests are going shopping, high heels, big purses, jewelry, soap operas, etc.
However, I was surprised when she revealed these two things:
- She won 2nd place at a running marathon with her classmates. She used to be a runner. However, her grandparents didn't support her interests in running and wanted her to focus on studying.
- Another girl at school punched her in the nose once. She came home crying and her grandfather (my great-grandpa, a boxer) taught her boxing for weeks. She punched the girl back. Another bigger girl tried fighting her the usual way and she did the squaring and punched her, ending the fight quickly. The girls complained to the office about how she was fighting and throwing punches like a man. Till this day, she knows how to throw a punch.
